WOYWW 10/20/2010 – Halloween

Another huge mess, and another House of Cards, this one with a Halloween theme! Yep – it’s WOYWW time again!

I love the Karnival specialty deck, with its skeletons in top hats! The skull is a £-shop special, painted, although I may opt for the other one, which is more black than bleached bone, as it goes better with the cards, or I may highlight the one here with a bit more white. I’ll decide when I am putting it all together.

If you saw my Sunday-someplace-else you will recognize the Octopde Factory digital stamps – I just love those guys!

Finally got to the new Hobby Craft in Basingstoke – so glad not to have to trek to Reading every time I need the odd bit. I found some great big wooden beads to use as the feet on this house for 55p (for 6 of them) I know HC is often thought of as being quite expensive, but just having one close by for a quick stop when you need something in a hurry s a boon. Looked at Promarkers (they don’t do Copics, mores the pity) and thought £10 for a pack was more than I have seen them for before (I’m sure I got a pack at some pont for under £6 for 6 of them!) and MS punches for £23 is def. more than I saw them for at the stamp show I went to a couple of months back, but still, proximity does goe some way towards mitigating the bigger sticker price, when you just can’t stand to wait for an internet order to come.

Dilema with the HB purchase – but i’ve seen MS punches for as little as £13 on the old ‘tinternet’ – and i would definately rather wait than pay £10 difference – obviously price depends on what you are buying, but i’d rather sniff out a bargain so hardly ever buy from the same place twice unless I know they are the best value for money – and tend to look for free P&P too…

Am loving those cards – more brill ideas MA! Couldn’t agree more about Hobbycraft, didn’t know Basingstoke was getting one, great news – that and a Staples! If you make it this way for a crop you probably would like to take 5 more minutes n the car and visit my LSS – literally 5 mins from my door – where I WOYWW’d from this week in Tidworth. I know how lucky I am, really

hmmm – have you tried charity shops? they do whole bead necklaces/bracelets for as little as a pound and you get 10 – 20 big beads for that…and you can paint them/alcohol ink them to the right colour….I love the bits you are working on….fab desk

Lovely scary desk, don’t know about the skull though, a bit too frightful for me. My Niece was born on Halloween, but we don’t really celebrate, just get the choccies for the children who come knocking for trick or treats. Have a good day. Love and Hugs JO. *96